Coláiste Cois Life

Coláiste Cois Life
Location
Lucan Ireland
Information
Established	1997
Chairperson	Anne-Marie D'arcy.[1]
Principal	Tomás Ó Donnagáin[2]
Gender	Mixed
Number of students	771[3]
Colour(s)	Blue and White
Website	colaistecoislife.ie

Coláiste Cois Life is a mixed post-primary Gaelcholáiste (Irish language school) in Lucan, Ireland. The school is financed by resources from the Department of Education and voluntary donations, and is a member of the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board. It was founded in 1997.[4]

History

Coláiste Cois Life was founded in 1997 and occupied a number of prefabricated buildings on Esker Manor. In 2006, a new two-story building was completed along with a new school campus on Castle Road.[5] The new building still houses the school to this day and is located adjacent to the original site. The original site is now occupied by Gaelscoil Eiscir Riada, an all-Irish primary school.

In December 2013, a 10m x 20m section of the school's roof was torn off during 100 km/h winds. The section of roof landed in the car park of a nearby primary school, Gaelscoil Naomh Pádraig. There were no injuries.[6]

Gaeltacht Leamhcáin

In the summer months, Gaeltacht Leamhcáin is based at Coláiste Cois Life offering 1–2 week Irish language courses for children between the ages of 9 and 12.[7]

School teams

• Boys' hurling and girls' camogie teams.[8][9]
• Boys' and girls' Gaelic football.[9]
• Boys' and girls' basketball teams.[10]
• Debating teams.[11]
• In 2019, the junior boys' Gaelic football team won the junior Dublin 'C' championship and reached the Leinster semifinal before losing to Portlaoise Community College.^[citation needed]

Rankings

In 2017, Coláiste Cois Life was ranked as the 40th best post-primary school in Ireland in a list by the Sunday Times.[12] On the same list, the school ranked third out of all post-primary gaelcholáistí,[n 1] and first out of all mixed gaelcholáistí.

Notable past pupils

Conor McGregor – Mixed martial artist and boxer.[13]

Notes

1. Plural of Gaelcholáiste

References

1. "Cairde Cois Life". colaistecoislife.ie.
2. "School Detail". Department of Education.
3. "Enrolment". June 2017.
4. "Bunaíodh Coláiste Cois Life sa bhliain 1997". Retrieved 11 June 2019.
5. "Coláiste Cois Life Report" (PDF).
6. "Part of school roof torn off". 28 December 2013.
7. "Home". Gaeltacht Leamhcáin.
8. "2012 Senior C" (PDF). Dublin Camogie.
9. "Gníomhaíochtaí". colaistecoislife.ie.
10. "U16 and U19 Boys Basketball teams play Colaiste Cois Life | News | Stratford College Secondary School Dublin". www.stratfordcollege.ie.
11. Bheacháin, Áine Ní. "Díospóireacht (Concern)". colaistecoislife.ie.
12. "Local secondary schools hit top spots in rankings list". September 2017.
13. "UFC's Conor McGregor Speaking In Irish. The Notorious Speaking His Native Language" – via www.youtube.com.